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Response to our Second Letter to the Trade Minister

We got a second response from Trade Minister Tehan’s Chief of Staff, Mr Phil Connole, in relation to our follow up letter to Minister Tehan of 9th February.

The letter is attached below.

The response contains some more incorrect comments and assumptions about our advocacy on our clients’ behalf and about the type of work we actually do.

We did not get any answers to our three questions in our prior letter, only a “no decisions have been made as yet” response.

You can read the Response Letter here.

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Mitchell & Co EMDG Budget Newsletter March 2022

You might be wondering what Snoop Dogg and EMDG have in common?

Well, in our latest client newsletter, we talked a lot about RAP – in many different senses. In the case of this months discussion, RAP is a Homonym – a word with more than one meaning. It is also an Acronym, but this isn’t an English lesson.

Trust us, it will all make sense when you read on in our March EMDG Budget Update Newsletter, here!

 

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Mitchell & Co March 2022 EMDG Newsletter – Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

EMDG life as we know it is changed forever. On 28th February we lodged our last EVER EMDG Application under the EMDG Old rules.

In our recent client Newsletter, we addressed the rumours flying around about the treatment of 2021 grant applicants in relation to the overdemand for the 2022 grant round (the first year of EMDG New).

In essence, it is a case of “robbing Peter to pay Paul” and it is simply unjustified.

We addressed the first round of 2022 grant offers flowing through, albeit slowly, and the question of “where to” from here?

We continue with our lobbying efforts to be an advocate for our exporters, as we know how precious your time is.

It is, after all, our experience that counts.

You can read all about it in our March Newsletter, here.

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Response to our Letter to the Trade Minister

We got a response from Trade Minister Tehan’s Chief of Staff, Mr Phil Connole, in relation to our letter to Minister Tehan of 24th January.

The letter is attached below.

The response contains some incorrect comments and assumptions about why we write to the Minister in the first place.

We do so to advocate for our clients first and foremost, and to help the Minister do the best job he can. We are not just self-interested, as alleged by Mr Connole.

Incorrect statistics are also quoted with a lot of poetic license.

Stuart has not previously met with Mr Connole. He has now sought to do so.

You can read the Response Letter here.

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Mitchell and Co EMDG February Newsletter – A Mixed Bag

February has sure come around quick.

We sent another Newsletter out to our client base addressing a few key points.

It’s a bit of a mixed bag, covering off on: –

• Another letter to the Trade Minister.
• EMDG 2021 – the last hurrah.
• EMDG 2022 – getting ready for the grant offer and advice on what to do next.

You can read all about it here!

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Mitchell & Co EMDG Newsletter – Two in January – What’s up?

We brought the New Year in with a whimper. And did as we promised by writing to Trade Minister Dan Tehan with a “please explain”.

We shared our letter to the Minister with our client base in a recent Newsletter – the second one for January. So what’s up, you ask?

You can read all about it here, as well as an update on the status quo of current EMDG applications.

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Mitchell & Co January 2022 EMDG Newsletter – Xmas Taking, not Giving!

Time to bring in the New Year and what it means for the EMDG program.

It is not a great start to the year.

Just before Xmas Eve, Austrade and Trade Minister Dan Tehan dropped a Press Release and an email broadcast to the EMDG community.

It is not great news, hence the Xmas Grinch.

We set the record straight in our January 2022 Client Newsletter.

You can read all about it here.